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Recent Examples of elementally
Mitski is at her best in this album’s more elementally human moments.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementally
Adverb
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But while objections to the idea of engineering immunity to disease have remained essentially the same over the last two centuries, their meaning has changed, transforming what was once arguable into the lies that drive our current peril.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Pressure on all sides of the system The county added 146 net licensed child care slots last year, but Hazeldize says that in an area this large and with this much rapid growth, an increase of 146 slots is essentially flat.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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Borderlandia also leads hikes along the Santa Cruz River to trace the Anza expedition, the 1775 trek that fundamentally shaped the American West.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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The technology is drawing increasing interest because axial flux motors are fundamentally different from conventional radial-flux designs.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
Adverb
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While Miami may have studio complexes, what the Orlando Museum of Art offers with its Florida Prize is that local artists basically get the chance to exhibit in what amounts to solo shows in a major museum.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Combine that with White having just spent two months inside the building, and any advantage that other suitors normally lean on basically disappears.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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Instead, it was premised on a trendy new antitrust philosophy that reflexively views any corporate consolidation as inherently suspicious, regardless of any impacts on prices.—
Alexander Ciccone,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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Though Savage’s silence is shocking in the context of imagining these people all working together as children, blocking someone’s number is not an inherently violent action.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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How the place manages to be so intrinsically child-friendly yet also so mind-blowingly romantic is a feat of design brilliance.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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In principle, there is no such thing as intrinsically degrading work; degradation is a cultural phenomenon.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Elementally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementally. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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